A NON-LEAGUE club has suffered devastating flood damage following a thunderstorm for the SECOND time.
Seventh-tier AFC Telford shared shocking pictures of the pitch and buildings at their SEAH Stadium covered in inches of water.
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The Southern League Premier Central club immediately appealed for fans to turn up on Friday and help begin the huge recovery work needed.
It comes in the week AFC Wimbledon’s Plough Lane was also destroyed by a downpour, meaning the League Two side can’t play at home for at least a few weeks.
Back in 2022, Telford supporters grabbed mops and buckets for a similar rescue mission praised as a “great response”.
The destruction this time looks monumental too.
The part-time club posted a video of their submerged surface on Thursday night – with some of the white touchlines along the hidden grass just about visible underneath.
Perhaps the most astonishing picture was from the side of a stand – showing many features of the ground deep below water.
The club car park also got the sinking feeling.
However, the one vehicle was seen perched, luckily,on a slightly higher section of grass against a fence on the far side.
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Other photos showed water still gushing into buildings.
Telford said: “This evening’s thunderstorm over Wellington has deluged the SEAH Stadium.
“If you are available tomorrow (Friday) from 9 am onwards we’d welcome any help you could give to help us get things straightened up and dried out.”
Judging by the club’s pics, however, that description of the task sounded like an understatement.
However, Telford can draw plenty of inspiration from their sodden sorrow of 2022.
On that occasion around 15 fans joined in the clear-up – while a Telford company quickly brought in an industrial pump and vacuum to dispose of the water.
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